VignaendraSumitra, Australian Law Graduates' Career Destinations (1998) 39.
2.
GradStats (2009), Employment and Salary Outcomes of Recent Higher Education Graduates (No 14) 6, 8.
3.
See, eg, ReesNeil, ‘How Should Law Schools Serve Their Communities?’ (2001) 5UWS Law Review111, 114. See also KiftSally, ‘21st Century Climate for Change: Curriculum Design for Quality Learning Engagement in Law’ (2008) 18Legal Education Review1, 11.
4.
The call for legal graduates to be more highly skilled, and law schools to take a role in teaching those skills, is international. See, eg, American Bar Association, An Educational Continuum, Report of the Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession (1992) 5 and 93; ALRC, Managing Justice, Report No 89 (2000) 142. Some reports also recommend greater emphasis on generic skills such as self reflection. See, eg, CarringtonPaul D, Training for the Public Professions of the Law (1971) 39.
5.
HinettKaren and BoneAlison, ‘Diversifying Assessment and Developing Judgement’, in Burridge (eds), Effective Learning and Teaching in Law (2002) 52, 55. See also SacksHoward, ‘Student Fieldwork as a Technique in Educating Law Students in Professional Responsibility’ (1968) 20Journal of Legal Education291, 294; SullivanWilliam M. (2007) Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law8.
6.
FriedmanStephen, ‘Why Can't Law Students Be More Like Lawyers?’ (2005) 37University of Toledo Law Review81.
7.
See, eg, discussion in Kift, above n 3, 2–3.
8.
TaylorLyndal, ‘Skills Skills-Kind, Inclusion and Learning in Law School’ (2001) 3UTS Law Review85, 92.
9.
Friedman, above n 6, 84.
10.
PedenElisabeth and RileyJoellen, ‘Law Graduates’ Skills — A pilot study into employers' perspectives' (2005) 15Legal Education Review87, 96.
11.
ALRC Report, above n 4, Recommendation 2.
12.
WolskiBobette, ‘Why, how and what to practice’ (2002) 52Journal of Legal Education287.
13.
CannonRobert and NewbleDavid, A Handbook for Teachers in Universities and Colleges (4th ed, 2003) 19.
14.
de la HarpeBarbara and RadloffAlex, ‘Learning to be strategic about helping staff to increase graduate employability’ in RustChris (ed), Improving Learning Strategically (2001) 220, 223. See also ReidAnnaNagarajanVijaya and DortinsEmma, ‘The Experience of Becoming a Legal Professional’ (2006) 25Higher Education Research and Development Journal85.
15.
Situational learning are considered in HewittAnne, ‘Producing Skilled Legal Graduates: Avoiding the Madness in a Situational Learning Methodology’ (2008) 17(1) Griffith Law Review87.
16.
Le BrunMarlene and JohnstoneRichard, The Quiet (R)Evolution: Improving Student Learning in Law (1994); GoldringJohnSampfordCharles and SimmondsRalph (eds), New Foundations in Legal Education (1998); ParkerChristine and GoldsmithAndrew, ‘“Failed Sociologists” in the Market Place: Law Schools in Australia’ (1998) 25Journal of Law and Society33, 48.
17.
Menkel-MeadowCarrie, ‘Taking Problem-Solving Pedagogy Seriously’ (1999) 49Journal of Legal Education14.
For practical exercises, students work in classes of 12.
25.
See, eg, CastlesMargaretGoldfinchMaureen and HewittAnne, ‘Using simulated practice to teach legal theory’ (2007) 27(2) University of Tasmania Law Review120.
26.
LPEAC last reviewed the courses as part of the 2008 accreditation review of the Adelaide Law School LLB programme.
27.
ALRC, Discovery in Federal Courts, Consultation Paper No 2 (2010) 153.
28.
The Australian Learning and Teaching Council implemented a Learning and Teaching Academic Standards project to develop Threshold Learning Outcomes for a range of tertiary disciplines including law. It is anticipated that the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency will be monitored and report on performance in relation to these TLOs.
